Servers from the Hooter's restaurant at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City participated in last year's Running of the Santas. This year, the event will be back at the Tropicana on Dec. 6. (Courtesy of the Tropicana Casino & Resort)

A mummers string band performs at the Wildwood Convention Center during the Family Holiday Celebration and Jaycees Christmas Parade in 2013. This year's event is set for Dec. 12-13. (Courtesy of Greater Wildwoods Tourism Improvement and Development Authority)

The Jersey Devil twirls Victoria Kushnir onstage at the Albert Music Hall during the country concert venue's annual lighthearted ode to the creature from the Pine Barrens. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

The Jersey Devil plays nice with Ashley Disario of Millville, who came out with her family to see the Legend of the Jersey Devil concert at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Lee Bradley of Andover dressed up in a monster suit for Legend of the Jersey Devil Night at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown. The country concert venue has hosts an annual tribute to the mythical creature from the Pine Barrens. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Marion Meredith and Libby Stowers sell home baked treats at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown, an old time country and bluegrass venue that dates back four decades. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Lee Bradley of Andover strikes a scary pose in her monster suit before running out into the crowd and dancing with the band, Rawhide during the annual Legend of the Jersey Devil show at the Albert Music Hall. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Lee Bradley of Andover wears layers of fur and wings affixed to a sports jacket to portray the Jersey Devil at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown during the venue's annual tribute to the state's famed cryptid. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Victoria Kushnir chases the Jersey Devil onstage with a pan during a skit performed for the annual post-Halloween monster mash at the Albert Music Hall in Waretown. (Lisa Rose | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)